White House Is Urged To Admit a Reporter
Date: 23 December 1972
Washington Evening Star and Daily News says in Dec 22 ed that if reporters of Washington Post are barred from White House events 'we should take our fair turn in the cold'; says simplest solution would be to invite reporter D McCardle (Post) to resume her White House coverage; McCardle was barred from covering 4 recent social events at White House
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Reporter Loses in Attempt To Be Freed for Birthday
Date: 23 December 1972
Calif Appeals Ct on Dec 22 refuses to release reporter W T Farr (Los Angeles Times) who was jailed for refusing to disclose source of information he used to write article on C Manson for Los Angeles Herald-Examiner; says it will keep his latest appeal under advisement; Farr's atty M Hurwitz files new appeal alleging that indefinite sentence given Farr is 'tantamount to life imprisonment'; appeal raises grounds not cited before, that reporter may be serving sentence in violation of const ban against cruel and unusual punishment
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NIXON GETS PROTEST FROM A PRESS CLUB
Date: 22 December 1972
Special to The New York Times
bd of govs of Washington Press club sends resolution on Dec 21 to Pres Nixon and his press sec protesting 'systematic exclusion' of Washington Post reporter D McCardle from pool press coverage of White House social events; fears exclusion could be viewed as establishing precedent under which any reporter could be barred from any newsworthy event by any Govt official
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Paper Gives Court Its Watergate Tapes; WATERGATE TAPE IS GIVEN TO COURT
Date: 22 December 1972
By WALTER RUGABERSpecial to The New York Times
Los Angeles Times, released from pledge of confidentiality by A C Baldwin 3d, key Govt witness in Watergate case, turns over in ct on Dec 21 recordings of its int with Baldwin; action effectively ends contempt-of-ct proceeding in which newspaper's Washington bur chief J F Lawrence was jailed briefly after initial refusal to surrender recordings made by reporters J Nelson and R J Ostrow, which were sought by atty for E H Hunt Jr, 1 of 7 defendants in forthcoming Watergate criminal trial; int allegedly describes eavesdropping and wiretapping operations at Dem hq
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The A.C.L.U.'s War on Secrecy
Date: 22 December 1972
SANFORD JAY ROSENJOHN H. F. SHATTUCK
Sanford ROSENJOHN
lr by ACLU Asst Legal Dir S J Rosen and Staff Counsel J H F Shattuck on F Belair Nov 22 article and J Gardner and M L Stein Nov 25 articles lamenting failure Pres Nixon's Exec order on document classification and Fed and state freedom of information statutes to reduce effectively level of secrecy in Govt; repts ACLU has launched concerted campaign to attack problem; notes orgn has filed several lawsuits on behalf of well-established scholars who wish to conduct research on various classified subjects; repts orgn is producing pamphlet for public that explains how to use Freedom of Information Act most effectively
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Policy Asked on News Releases
Date: 22 December 1972
SEC advisory panel, releasing recommendations Dec 21 aimed at improving corp repts and simplifying current overlapping requirements, says corps should distribute news releases directly to stockbrokers if financial press declines to publish them
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AMEX DEVELOPING DISCLOSURE PLAN; Discipline Actions Affected -- Release Change Asked AMEX ANNOUNCES DISCLOSURE PLAN
Date: 22 December 1972
By TERRY ROBARDS
Terry ROBARDS
ASE announces Dec 21 it is developing new public disclosure policy concerning major disciplinary actions involving members and member cos; proposes that results of all disciplinary proceedings, except those involving minor adm matters, be disclosed publicly and that more details in each case be published; invites comments from interested parties; NYSE repr discloses exch is finalizing similar draft proposals
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